In our last Regulation 101 blog, you may recall that we gave a general background on how cases work before the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC). This week, we’re going to start talking about some of the dockets that CUB works... Read More »

We blogged a lot last year about some of the big cases that CUB was working on—general rate cases for Idaho Power, Pacific Power, and NW Natural. In looking back, we realized that we never fully explained what a “general rate... Read More »

Yesterday the Oregon Public Utility Commission issued its ruling in Pacific Power’s general rate case. The Commission ordered Pacific Power to reduce 2013 rates by $17 million as a penalty for its imprudent analysis and decision making associated with its ongoing... Read More »

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled in CUB’s favor on a number of major issues in the NW Natural rate case, with the end result being a rate decrease for customers, rather than the company’s proposed rate increase. The combination of... Read More »

CUB has been working hard all year on NW Natural’s General Rate Case and over the last few weeks the case has really come to a head. Throughout the year, CUB and some of the other parties have resolved some, but... Read More »

CUB has tirelessly fought to keep rates low by ensuring that utilities stick to the legal mandate to implement least-cost/least-risk decisions as they make their investments and run their companies. Unfortunately, CUB’s analysis in the current Pacific Power rate case (UE... Read More »